US Ringtone Charts 02/05/2010

May 4, 2010

US Singles Chart:
1. B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You (last week – 1)
A second week at number one for break through act B.o.B whose single has now gone platinum, a mammoth achievement for a hip hop vocalist who was a virtual unknown before this song, and has made his way to the [...]

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UK ringtone charts 02/05/2010

May 3, 2010

UK Singles Chart:
1. Roll Deep – Good Times (new entry) – SONG OF THE WEEK
Based in the home of ‘grime’, London, since 2002, this collective was founded in 2002 and scored two minor chart hits in 2005, but this is by far their biggest smash so far. It’s a happy go lucky, club ready [...]

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News Summary 30/04/2010: HTC team up with Microsoft for patent protection, and Vodafone launch the Nexus One

May 2, 2010

We’d almost given up on the Nexus One finally making its way over from the States, but as we type it’s making its way onto the shelves of your nearest Vodafone store. The prices are a touch disappointing – only slightly less than the current market price of an iPhone, though you can grab it [...]

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App Of The Week: Rolando 2 – Quest For The Golden Orchid

May 1, 2010

IN SHORT: As the winner of the first ‘App Of The Year’ awards overall category, this is a ‘pedigree’ game that’s been hyped as the iPhone’s first major franchise style effort. You play the role of a rolling circular creature called Rolando (see what we did there), and your mission is to explore the incredible [...]

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Hewlett Packard Buy Palm

April 29, 2010

In last week’s news summary we told you about Palm going up for sale, despite being what many perceive to be one of the most technically advanced mobile phone producers currently on the market. They didn’t last very long ‘up for sale’, with computing firm Hewlett Packard seeing an easy way into the cell phone [...]

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US Ringtone Charts 25/04/2010

April 27, 2010

US Singles Chart:
1. B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You (last week – 2)
After three consecutive weeks at number two, one of this year’s biggest breakthrough artists to date Stateside finally notches up his first number one single, and a stormer it is, too. B.o.B’s enticing brand of R&B was made for their [...]

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UK Ringtone Charts 25/04/2010

April 26, 2010

UK Singles Chart:
1. Diana Vickers – Once (new entry) – TRACK OF THE WEEK!
Slow building X-Factor stars? This is a new one. Diana Vickers was a semi-finalist in the 2008 edition of the cult TV show before seemingly disappearing, much as many reality TV stars seem to. Now, though, she’s back, with the new [...]

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News Summary 23/04/2010: Mobile Health Research, And The Data Protection Act.

April 24, 2010

A relatively quiet week in mobile technology has still seen the launch of a long awaited Android function (say goodbye to your in car sat nav systems) and the announcement of another important development: new Flash software on the Android. Elsewhere, scientists have announced their intentions to fully examine the effects of mobile phones on [...]

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App Of The Week: Fieldrunners

April 23, 2010

IN SHORT: The winner of 2009’s BEST mobile game of the year award, Fieldrunners was even ranked in the top ten games of the year for all platforms by Time Magazine, meaning this in an effort that compares relatively favourably with the best the world has to offer right now. At the most basic level [...]

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New Model iPhone Lost In A Bar

April 22, 2010

A few days ago we weren’t event sure if the next model of the iPhone existed just yet. Now we have a brief lowdown and a handful of pictures of it, provided by the good folk at Gizmodo.com, who got hold of the new model after an Apple employee accidentally left it in a bar. [...]

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